Wichita eagle., 1887-01-06
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A QUEER COMPROMISE.
WittrOck, alias Cummings, States
that he Compromised
with the
Express Company Through Pink
ertOn for the Removal OF
a Mortgage
On His Mothers Home, thus Sc
curing the Objects Of
the Robbery,
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A Family OF Eight Persons Mysteri-
ously Poisoned in Brooklyn, n. Y;
Two Dead, Others Dying.
Further Accounts OF the Terrible
Wreck near Tifiin, Ohio-A
Ghastly Find i'll LeXing-
ton, Mass.
THE y. & O. HORROR.
Additional Details Of the Frightful
Wreck as Obtained from Wit
heSseS Thereto.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 5.-The following
additional details Of yesterdays wreck on
TIE Baltimore s; Ohio railroad near Tiflin,
are furnished by special dispatch to the
Leader: 1t is openly charged that the con
ductor of the freight train was intoxicated.
Whether this is true or not is not positively
known; one thing is certain, and that is a
great share Of the responsibility il not all
Of it rests upon the conductor and engineer
of the freight They knew they were en-
crouc!iing on the time OF the limited cx-
press before their train came to stand
4 prominent citizen of Tifiin says:
firmly OF the opinion that more lives were
lost than have been reported. 1t is known
but two persons escaped from the smoking
car / had occasion to look into the car
after leaving Newark and noticed that it
was well filled, there being apparently
from thirty-tive to fifty passengers. 1t is
possible, of course, that all but twelve or
fifteen OF these left the train at Mt Vernon
and Mansfield, and that there were no adj
ditiOns: bat | don't deem it hardly
probable.
Coroner Lcppcr will not hold an inquest
for day or two yet He has arranged
with the undertaken at Republic to keep
the bodies of the unfortunate passengers
until Saturday. If they are not claimed
then they will be buried in one grave.
The Leaders correspondent at Fostoria,
Ohio, relates conversation with man
who was at the scene of the wreck. He
says: The gentleman stated TO your CORES
pondent that he talked with the engineer of
the wrecked passenger train, who stated
that the train left Chicago Junction five
minutes late. When he pulled out his
watch as he whistled for Republic be
found he had made four minutes, and was
therefore going at the rate of SiXtyf0ur
miles an hour Just as he made the curve
west Of Republic the headlight Of the
freight flashed into his face. He reversed
his engine and went out Of the cab window
head first and only sustained slight MUIR
les In answer 10 the question as to who
was TO blame for the awful accident the
gentleman said: Il was clearly the fault Of
the freight crew. | am satisfied the whole
crew was drunk, and the condition of
things bears me out in the assertion. |
heard i brakeman OF the freight admit that
ne drank four times with the engineer Of
the freight at Titlin The conductor claims
that the engineer was stubborn and was
bound to have his own way. The engine
would not make steam ard died on the
main track only few feet from the
switch. The whole crew was on the en-
gine parleying as to what to do, when the
conductor remarked: guess III go ahead
and flag No. 5. lie had only gotten to the
ground when he exclaimed: My God,
here she comes, and they all broke for
place of safety The gentleman quoted is
a prominent citizen of Fostoria